Portfolio builders
Cliux vs Cargo
Pick Cliux if you want a freeform canvas with a store, bookings and memberships built in, and an agency console for client work. Pick Cargo if you want one flat price for unlimited public sites, several people editing at once and a CSS editor over every element.
In Cargo’s own words: “Cargo is a site builder for designers and artists.”
Side by side
What each product offers
Every figure in the right-hand column links to the page it was read on and the day it was read. Cliux figures are read from the product's own catalogue.
| Feature | Cliux | Cargo |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest paid plan | $192 a year per published site, billed yearly; building and previewing is free | Cargo 3 subscription (the only plan): $14 a month billed yearly, $19 a month billed monthly[1] |
| Free plan | Free to build and preview with a password-protected share link. A site is free to build and preview; publishing it is $192 a year on the Website plan, and selling starts on Business at $348 a year. An agency buys each client site's plan at its workspace discount; Pro and Scale add seats and white label. | Building in draft is free with no time limit; a subscription is needed to make a site public. Students and teachers use Cargo free[2] |
| Fees on your sales | 0% platform commission on any sale your site makes; payments go to your own Stripe, PayPal, Square, Mollie or Adyen account and that provider's processing fee applies | No Cargo per-transaction fee on Commerce sales; processor fees apply[1] |
| Editor model | Freeform canvas: drag anything anywhere, pixel placement, with a separately tunable phone layout | A flow-based editor: pages hold columns and galleries, Sets group pages and can stack into one scroll, with pinned elements for fixed placement[3] |
| Sites per plan | One site plan per published site, from $192 a year; agencies buy them at their workspace discount (Starter: free, 2 seats; Pro $588 a year for 10 seats, white label and 20% off every site plan; Scale $1,788 a year for unlimited seats, white label and 30% off every site plan) | Unlimited public sites on one subscription[1] |
| Team seats and client access | Agency console: owners and admins reach every client site; a site role reaches only the sites it is granted; custom roles from 9 permission keys. One account can belong to several agencies with a role in each, and an agency can invite people who already use Cliux | Real-time multi-user editing with Admin, Editor and Viewer roles; no collaborator cap is published[4] |
| Selling online | Online Store: physical and digital products, card or bank transfer, shipping zones, stock, discount codes; no product variants | Commerce add-on for physical and digital goods with Stripe and PayPal[5] |
| Blog | Blog with categories, tags, authors, comments and scheduling | No dedicated blog feature found; a Set of pages can stack into a scrolling feed[6] |
| Forms | Forms with a submissions inbox, spam filtering, email alerts and webhooks | A built-in contact form that emails the site creator[7] |
| Custom code | Page code panel in the editor: your own JavaScript, addressing elements by name, in a sandbox; no server-side code | A CSS editor for the whole site or per page, and an HTML tab for site-wide scripts[8] |
| Custom domain | Connect a domain you already own: two DNS records (@ and www) pointing at Cliux, certificate issued for you; every site also keeps a Cliux address | One custom domain connection included; extra connections are a paid add-on[1] |
| AI site generation | None | not found on official pages[9] |
| Starting points | 11 design themes x 8 site types, then change anything | A templates page by category; a total was not found on official pages[10] |
| Code export | None | not found on official pages; the Terms place backup responsibility on the user[11] |
| Support | not found on official pages for Cargo 3; the support contact page could not be read[9] | |
| Pages or projects per plan | One-click publish with version history and rollback; up to 200 pages per site | not found on official pages (no page, storage or bandwidth limit is published)[1] |
| Views per month | Hosted by Cliux on a Cliux subdomain; no published uptime figure | not found on official pages (no view limit is published)[1] |
| Client proofing | Password-protected share previews with an expiry and a comment thread for whoever reviews; no per-image proofing galleries | not found on official pages; pages can be password-protected[6] |
Where they lead
Where Cargo is stronger
Where we differ
Where Cliux is different
Freeform canvas: drag anything anywhere, pixel placement, with a separately tunable phone layout
11 built-in apps on every published site: Blog, Online Store, Bookings, Events, Restaurant, Community, Donations, Members Area, Paid Subscriptions, Forms, Smart Chat; taking payments starts on Business, recurring payments on Business Plus
Starter: free, 2 seats; Pro $588 a year for 10 seats, white label and 20% off every site plan; Scale $1,788 a year for unlimited seats, white label and 30% off every site plan
Agency console: owners and admins reach every client site; a site role reaches only the sites it is granted; custom roles from 9 permission keys. One account can belong to several agencies with a role in each, and an agency can invite people who already use Cliux
Proposals, contracts and invoices in the agency console, paid into your own Stripe, PayPal, Square, Mollie or Adyen account
0% platform commission on any sale your site makes; payments go to your own Stripe, PayPal, Square, Mollie or Adyen account and that provider's processing fee applies
Moving over
How a move from Cargo works
There is no import tool. This is what a switch involves, step by step.
There is no import tool, and no site export was found on Cargo's pages. Open the Cargo site beside a new Cliux site and rebuild each page on the canvas; download your images from Cargo's media library first.
Publish on your free Cliux address, share the password-protected preview with whoever signs off, and keep the old site live until you are happy.
Point your own domain at Cliux: two DNS records, and the certificate is issued for you; the Cliux address keeps working beside it.
Frequently asked questions
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Cliux: drag anything anywhere and it stays put, with a derived phone layout. Cargo is a flow-based editor with columns, galleries and stacked page Sets, plus pinned elements for fixed placement.
Neither: Cliux takes 0% and Cargo states no per-transaction fee on Commerce sales. Processor fees apply on both. On Cargo, receiving payments needs the Commerce add-on.
A site is free to build and preview; publishing it is $192 a year on the Website plan, and selling starts on Business at $348 a year. An agency buys each client site's plan at its workspace discount; Pro and Scale add seats and white label. Cargo is free to build in draft for as long as you like; a subscription makes a site public, and students and teachers use it free.
A Cliux site plan covers one published site; an agency buys one for each client site, at its workspace discount. Cargo's single subscription covers unlimited public sites with one custom domain connection included.
Cargo offers real-time multi-user editing with roles. Cliux agency plans share sites through seats and per-site access; editing is not simultaneous.
Get started
Build it on the canvas, then decide.
Building and previewing costs nothing. Publishing on your own domain is $192 a year on the Website plan, and selling starts on Business.
Sources (12) and editor’s note, checked on 2026-09-18
- [1]docs.cargo.site › rates-services
- [2]docs.cargo.site › editing-publishing
- [3]docs.cargo.site › site-and-page-layout
- [4]docs.cargo.site › collaborating
- [5]docs.cargo.site › commerce
- [6]docs.cargo.site › pages-and-sets
- [7]docs.cargo.site › linking
- [8]docs.cargo.site › css-and-html
- [9]docs.cargo.site
- [10]cargo.site › templates
- [11]docs.cargo.site › moving-from-cargo-2-to-3
- [12]cargo.site › students
Editor’s note: the facts on this page were checked on 2026-09-18 against Cargo’s own pages; prices and plans change, and the other product’s site is the authority on itself. Not read on official pages: Storage, bandwidth, page-count and visitor limits: none published; SSL, CDN and uptime statements: not found on fetchable official pages; Whether collaborators need their own subscription: not stated; Cargo 3 support channels and hours: the contact page is JavaScript-only; Regional pricing: all prices seen in USD. Cargo is a trademark of its owner; this page is not affiliated with or endorsed by Cargo. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we will correct it.